It is with great reluctance to announce that Founder, Erika Franzi, and Board member, Tim Peck have resigned from Asheville Tea Party and Asheville Tea PAC. It has been Erika's vision, leadership and unwavering belief in our mission that propelled theAsheville Tea Party and the Asheville Tea PAC to its successes, presence and influence.

It is hard to measure the countless hours and tireless effort that Tim Peck has devoted to both organizations. There are few who are as philosophically astute and grounded in our founding documents as Tim. He was always a guidepost.

They both have left a legacy that will guide the Asheville Tea Party and the Asheville Tea PAC going forward.

That legacy of accomplishments includes:

That legacy of accomplishments includes:

building two organizations, the Asheville Tea Party and the Asheville Tea PAC

educating us about our Founding Documents by organizing forums and speeches

attending the National Tea Party Conference and giving presentations

implementing a successful pre-primary debate for the District 11 Congressional candidates

supporting Congressional candidate Dr. Dan Eichenbaum in the 2010 Primary to within single digits of victory

endorsing, campaigning, and successfully getting four of ATPACs endorsed candidates elected in November, 2010

educating the public and our subscribers to the Independence Caucus candidate assessment process in a forum with IC founder, Frank Anderson

influencing Asheville City Council to put on hold their annexation plans of Royal Pines for twelve months

revealing the excessive expenses the Airport Authority was spending to send people to an airport conference in Maui

sending bus loads to DC to gather with more than 1.2 million other patriots on the Mall

gathering patriots for the first successful "We Read The Constitution" Day

We will do our best to continue the fine work Erika and Tim have begun and to bring this country back to the place our Founders would be proud. We wish them good health and success in their next endeavors.

Tim Peck is another matter. He has had a history of generating controversy that is far too long to go into detail here. Suffice it to say that the Asheville Tea Party and ATPAC will be better off without him. I would, however, like to see him to continue commenting on public forums. He does have a knack for generating extreme rage in progressives. See this screenshot of the thread dedicated to mocking him by the progressives on the Mountain Xpress Forums.

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